Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Pulmonary Hypertension and Left Ventricular Geometric Types in Sickle Cell Anemia

Opeyemi Olalekan Oni, Abiona Oluwadamilola Odeyemi, Tetende Toyin Olasinde, Abimbola Ololade Odayemi, Kehinde Joyce Olufemi-Aworinde, Ademola Toyosi Abolarin, Oluwabukola Ayodele AlaLAUTECH University. Osun State University.  Bowen University. Nigeria American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2023; 203: 175-183DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.100 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PHT) is multifactorial in origin and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the sickle […]

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Deriving Convergent and Divergent Metabolomic Correlates of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Mona Alotaibi, Yunxian Liu, Gino A. Magalang, Alan C. Kwan, Joseph E. Ebinger, William C. Nichols, Michael W. Pauciulo, Mohit Jain, Susan ChengUniversity of California San Diego. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.United States MetabolitesMetabolites 2023; 13DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070802 AbstractHigh-dimensional metabolomics analyses may identify convergent and divergent markers, potentially representing aligned

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Assessment of Myocardial Function in Infants of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus using Deformation Imaging over the First Year of Age

Aisling Smith, Orla Franklin Mrcpch, Naomi McCallion, Fionnuala Breathnach, Afif El-KhuffashThe Rotunda Hospital. Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.Ireland Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113645 AbstractObjective: To assess serial myocardial performance and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in infants of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) over the first year of

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Three-Dimensional, Right Ventricular Surface Strain Computation From Three Dimensional Echocardiographic Images From Patients With Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Priyamvada Kundu, Michal Schafer, Lisa Le, Thomas Thomas, Pei-Ne Jone, Kendall HunterChildren’s Hospital Colorado. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.United States Journal of Biomechanical EngineeringJ Biomech Eng 2023; DOI: 10.1115/1.4063121 AbstractBackground: Right Ventricular (RV) dysfunction is routinely assessed with echocardiographic-derived global longitudinal strain (GLS). GLS is measured from a two-dimensional echo (2DE) image and

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Measurement of Physical Activity by Actigraphy in Infants and Young Children with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Catherine M. Avitabile, Delphine Yung, Stephanie Handler, Rachel K. Hopper, Jeff Fineman, Grace Freire, Nidhy Varghese, Mary Mullen, Usha S. Krishnan, Eric Austin, Lori Silveira, D. Dunbar IvyChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. University of Washington School of Medicine. Medical College of Wisconsin. Stanford University School of Medicine. University

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Pre-Flight Hypoxemia Challenge Testing in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Jonathan C. Levin, Catherine A. Sheils, Lystra P. HaygenBoston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2023; 152DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-061001 AbstractBackground and objectives: Former premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are at risk for hypoxemia during air travel, but it is unclear until what age. We aimed to determine pass rates for high altitude simulation testing

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Hypoplastic right lung associated with right pulmonary vein stenosis and systemic collateral

Anant Khositseth, Suvipaporn Siriporpitak, Preecha LaohakunakornRamathibodi Hospital Mahidol University.Thailand Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 76-80DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00324.x AbstractWe present a case of a 6-month-old girl diagnosed as unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis (right inferior pulmonary vein) with dextroposition of the heart, hypoplastic right lung, hypoplastic right pulmonary artery, collateral from the descending aorta supplied right lower

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Cardiopulmonary magnetic resonance imaging in children after lung transplantation: preliminary observations

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Shi-Joon Yoo, Melinda Solomon, Christopher K. Macgowan, Shaf Keshavjee, Hartmut GrasemannThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2011; 30: 1294-1298DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.008 AbstractBackground: Lung transplantation carries a guarded prognosis and is burdened by short-term and long-term complications that affect the airway, lungs, and vasculature. In

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Anatomical risk factors, surgical treatment, and clinical outcomes of left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction in single-ventricle patients

Yasuhiro Kotani, Jiaquan Zhu, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Osami Honjo, John G. Coles, Glen S. VanArsdell, Christopher A. CaldaroneThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 149: 1332-1338DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.089 AbstractBackground: Patients with single-ventricle physiology frequently develop left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO), in which the pulmonary veins traverse the

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Pulmonary vein atresia with severe contralateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a child

Jeffrey E. Vergales, Shawn C. West, Andrew W. HoyerUniversity of Virginia Health SystemUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 663-665DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0178-y AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare congenital anomaly associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most cases present in infancy or childhood with recurrent respiratory infections or hemoptysis. Further, the diagnosis can often be

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